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HOCKEY.
(b) All other players shall be nearer to their own goal-line than
the ball until it is in play, and none shall stand within 5 yards of
the ball.
(c) To start the game, re-start it after a goal is scored, and
after lialf-time, a bully shall be played at the centre of the ground.
(d) Inside the circle, no bully shall be played within 5 yards
of the goal-line.
Penalty.
—For
any breach of this Rule, the bully shall be played
again.
10. General Details.
(a)
The flat face of the stick only may be used for playing the
ball and for making contact with an opponent's stick at a bully.
No player shall take part in, nor interfere with, the game unless
he has his own stick in his hand.
(b)
When striking at the ball, no part of the stick shall be
raised above the shoulder, either at the beginning or at the end
of a stroke; nor may a ball, above the height of a player's shoulder,
be stopped in the air by any part of the stick; nor may a player
in the act of approaching the ball raise any part of his stick above
his shoulder.
(c) The ball shall not be undercut. The scoop stroke, which
raises the ball, is permissible (except as specially provided for in
Rule 13
(b),
but the umpire shall penalise this stroke if, in any
particular instance, it be either dangerous in itself or likely to
lead to dangerous play. The ball may be hit whilst it is in the
air, provided that the player does not contravene para.
(b)
of this
Rule.
(d) The ball may be stopped in any manner (except as specially
provided for in this Rule). If the ball be caught, it shall be
released immediately to drop perpendicularly towards the ground.
The hand or foot, if used for stopping the ball, shall be removed
immediately. The foot or leg shall not be used to support the
stick in order to resist an opponent.
(e)
The ball shall not be picked up, nor kicked, thrown, carried,
or propelled, in any manner or direction, except with the stick.
(j) Hooking an opponent's stick shall be permissible, but only
when the stick to be hooked is within striking distance of the ball,
and this may only be done by placing the stick between the
ground and the opponent's stick.
(g) A player shall not obstruct by running in between an
opponent and the ball, nor shall he interpose himself or his sticl:
in any way as an obstruction to an opponent, nor attack from an
opponent's left unless he touch the ball before he touch the stick
or person of his opponent. There shall be no charging, kicking,
shoving, trippin
g
, or striking at an opponent or his stick, nor
holding an opponent or his stick by any means whatsoever.
(h) A goal-keeper shall be allowed to kick the ball, but only
whilst it is inside his own circle. He shall not be penalised if,
in stopping a shot at goal, the ball does not drop perpendicularly,
having, in the opinion of the umpire, merely rebounded off his
open hand. In the event of his taking part in a penalty bully,
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